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§1 Plant
Vitex agnus-castus L. var. agnus-castus
vernacular lilac chastetree — variety · Verbenaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Verbenaceae J. St.-Hil.
- Genus
- Vitex
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
County-level range
· 54 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 54 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 I ▾
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIAGA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2925562 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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